Future Leader | The boys at the LJW put up a nice piece on Mike "God of Thunder" Rivera this morning. We all saw the leadership conference a few weeks ago and what can I say -- Rivera is exactly the kind of student athlete that we are after for KU football.

“I’m definitely trying to get everybody involved,” Rivera said. “It’s a lot of fun. We do a lot of good things. It’s definitely important to do well academically and in the community. It says a lot about a person. If you don’t do well off the field, chances are you’re not going to do well on the field.”

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2008/jun/10/ku_linebacker_uses_football_means_end/#comments 

Dawg Sports Hates KU | Another "fresh" take: http://www.dawgsports.com/2008/6/9/549099/which-four-college-footbal 

... without so much as a single regular-season win against a legitimate quality opponent in 2007.

But they were all great the week before we played them. The qualifier helps ... no regular season wins. V-Tech and bowl games don't count anymore.

and the ‘Hawks are apt to discover that the Sunshine State is a mite more hot and humid in Tampa in September than it is in Miami in January.

That's a new one. Now we can't win when it's too hot. Will it really be hotter in September in Florida than it is January? I'm confused, I thought Florida was in Australia. 

This program hasn’t been to a bowl game in an even-numbered year since 1992, hasn’t posted back-to-back seasons above .500 since 1995 ...

Hee Hee ... now channeling Field House Drinker.

Required Reading | The Cap-Journal caught up with Mark Mangino and Bill Self in Topeka and as they offered kind words on  Otto Schnellbacher. There's some good stuff from Fambrough in there. Here's a quote from Mangino that gives a little clue about plans inside the new facility:

  "He was one of the all-time greats and his name will forever be part of the Ring of Honor," Mangino said of the shrine in Memorial Stadium recognizing KU's football greats. "When we move into our new complex, we'll have a mini ring of honor there. We'll make sure his memory lives on."